BSA hijacks Somali pirate hype
Found on The Register on Monday, 13 April 2009
As the world's media continues to follow the scourge of piracy off the coast of Somalia, perhaps its time to take another look at the label of "pirate" for copyright thieves.
Nobody, though, is literally comparing downloading illegitimate Hanna Montana tracks with real-life violent maritime crimes.
No? That's exactly what the Business Software Alliance has apparently resorted to.
The BSA can be safely put into the same drawer with the RIAA and MPAA. Let them whine, cry wolf and just ignore them. Everybody is getting tired of the crap they pull off and the lies they spread. May their beloved systems collapse spectacularly.